[Publib] "Used" books?

[Allison Angell]

   We have carts (3 in children's, 1 in teen, 1 in Reference, 4 in adult) scattered throughout the Library for items that need reshelving.  It works really well - people are used to it, and don't try to reshelve on their own.  Kids visiting from schools get a kick out of this, because at school they have to put everything back where they found it, and here we don't allow them to do so.
   Allison Angell, Benicia (Calif.) Public Library
   allison_angell at yahoo.com


--- On Sat, 4/18/09, Sharon Foster <fostersm1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Sharon Foster <fostersm1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Publib] "Used" books?
> To: "publib at webjunction.org" <publib at webjunction.org>
> Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009, 1:35 PM
> In many (perhaps most?) academic libraries, there are signs
> requesting
> patrons to please *not* reshelve books. There are at least
> two
> reasons: making sure the books get reshelved correctly; and
> tallying
> the books that get used in the library, not just the ones
> that get
> circulated. Have any public libraries ever tried this? I
> realize it
> requires some additional effort up front, but it might also
> save time
> later--for both patrons and staff--when trying to find a
> book that got
> reshelved incorrectly.
> 
> Sharon M. Foster, 91.7% Librarian
> Speaker-to-Computers
> http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/
> 
> 
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